This says it all. The key is that you need to define what success is for yourself. It doesn’t have to be something major. It’s usually doing what makes you happy.

And once you define that for yourself, it doesn’t matter what other people think. You don’t even have to tell them if you’re worried about what they may say. Just do it.

The most important part of this quote, though, is that you Have to like yourself. I think that once you like yourself, truly like yourself, then you’ll be happy doing almost anything that gives some pleasure and also serves others. It’s hard not to be happy when serving others.

Would you want to spend your whole life doing something you don’t like? I wouldn’t. I didn’t. I could have made a ton more money as a doctor in the civilian world but what I was able to give through my service in the Navy enriched me more than I ever dreamed anything would.

Experiment and find what it is you like. Then set about doing it!!